Women's Studies
The Heroine with 1001 Faces
Paperback
World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman
Still Mad: American Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination
Paperback
A brilliant, sweeping history of the contemporary women’s movement told through the lives and works of the literary women who shaped it
Free Thinker: The Extraordinary Life of the Fallen Woman Who Won the Vote
Paperback
A story of transgression in the face of religious ideology, a sexist scientific establishment and political resistance to securing women’s right to vote
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
Hardback
An insightful and provocative exploration of the relationship between motherhood and art through the lives of women artists and writers
Letter to a Young Female Physician: Thoughts on Life and Work
Paperback
A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor.